Horse

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.69.35

amicoid

MIA_.69.35

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

aly

1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

oty

Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Greek

crc

European; Southern European; Greek

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

sculptor

crr

sculptor

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

artist unknown

crt

artist unknown

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Horse

otn

Horse

Title

false

View:

Side

rid

Side

View

false

Creation Date:

8th century B.C.

oct

8th century B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-799

ocs

-799

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-700

oce

-700

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

bronze

omd

bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

bronze

clt

bronze

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.3-3/4 x W.3-3/4 in.

met

H.3-3/4 x W.3-3/4 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

69.35

ooa

69.35

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund

ooc

The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Bronze figurines of humans, birds and animals constitute the earliest form of freestanding Greek sculpture. This diminutive horse, found at Olympia, may have been dedicated as a votive offering in the sanctuary there. Horse votives were also common burial items in early Greek tombs, due to the belief that they symbolically conveyed dead men's souls to the eternal sphere.

With its stylized mane and funnel head, this horse typifies the "geometric" style. Its anatomical structure is radically simplified, including only minimal indications of naturalistic details. The total effect depends on the flowing contours of the nearly abstract forms. The pierced design on the base suggests that the object served as a seal.

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Bronze figurines of humans, birds and animals constitute the earliest form of freestanding Greek sculpture. This diminutive horse, found at Olympia, may have been dedicated as a votive offering in the sanctuary there. Horse votives were also common burial items in early Greek tombs, due to the belief that they symbolically conveyed dead men's souls to the eternal sphere. With its stylized mane and funnel head, this horse typifies the "geometric" style. Its anatomical structure is radically simplified, including only minimal indications of naturalistic details. The total effect depends on the flowing contours of the nearly abstract forms. The pierced design on the base suggests that the object served as a seal.

Context

false

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